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Lakeside_Tigger t1_jcbxvt7 wrote

Reply to comment by Brewe in [OC] MCU vs. DCU in Rotten Tomatoes by theotheredmund

That’s not how RT works. 90% just means 90% of critics gave the movie a positive review, not that it scored a 9/10.

If 90% of critics give it a 6/10 it still gets a 90% RT score.

If a movie have 100% of critics score it 5/10 the movie gets a 0% for having all negative reviews.

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Bennito_bh t1_jcdlvbe wrote

Sounds like a preposterously bad system

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MVRKHNTR t1_jcdw7i5 wrote

What? How?

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Bennito_bh t1_jce145u wrote

My man, if rounding to the nearest hundred in a metric where 100 is the maximum score doesn’t already sound terrible to you, I won’t be able to explain it.

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MVRKHNTR t1_jce1l5j wrote

I have no idea what it is you're trying to say.

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BelovedOmegaMan t1_jcegfrc wrote

You don't understand how percentages work and are embarrassing yourself publicly about it. I would suggest asking one of your teachers to explain this to you.

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Bennito_bh t1_jcfnme7 wrote

For RT critics there is no difference between 9 critics scoring 100 and 1 scoring 49, and 9 critics scoring 51 with 1 scoring 49.

So fuck off. The system’s terrible.

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MVRKHNTR t1_jcfp6z8 wrote

RT only tells you what percentage of critics gave a positive review, not how good something is. This is like having your height measured and complaining about how that number didn't tell you your weight.

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Bennito_bh t1_jcfq5h7 wrote

Telling what % of critics gave positive review is worse under every metric than simply averaging the scores my man. Outliers count for more under their system.

It asks critics: “Tell me with a score of 0 or 1, how good was this movie?”

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MVRKHNTR t1_jcfrqfn wrote

It's worse in your opinion because you're trying to figure out how good something is and that's not what it's for. It's there to tell you how likely you are to enjoy something and it's much better for that.

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Bennito_bh t1_jcft16p wrote

It’s categorically worse. Instead of doing both, it’a poorly attempting and failing to do one.

For RT critics there is no difference between 9 critics scoring 100 and 1 scoring 49, and 9 critics scoring 51 with 1 scoring 49.

You are not equally likely to enjoy both of these films.

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MVRKHNTR t1_jcfxdap wrote

Rotten Tomatoes isn't actually automated like that. Critics mark their reviews as positive or negative.

So in both of your examples, 9/10 people said "Yeah, I liked this" so you have a 9/10 chance of liking it.

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Suspicious-Feeling-1 t1_jcdzohc wrote

It depends on what you're using ratings for. A binary of good movie / bad movie works great if you are trying to pick a movie with the highest probability of being something you would enjoy. If you want a movie to totally blow you away, an IMDB score or a tally of awards won might be more useful.

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